Today I had the interesting phenomenon of not being able to keep track of my jump ropes because people kept coming up and TALKING to me! There were a lot more kids & moms out at the park today than usual, and people kept commenting, things like "hey, where'd ya get that jump rope, that's great!" or "So you jump rope while your son plays? That's great!" The most entertaining was this little 4-year old boy who just talked my ear off for about 5 minutes, saying how he had a jump rope but didn't really know how to use it, asking me how old my son was (almost 2 1/2), then saying that his brother was 2 also, is your son older than my brother, etc etc etc. It was simultaneously funny and annoying (just 'cause I was jumping the whole time, trying not to be a jerk and ignore the kid completely, but trying to keep track of where I was in my head)! Eventually I just gave up and let it be. So I did ABOUT 1350 jumps today.
In lieu of floor jumps, Patrick told me to do jumps out of a squat, which seem to be working OK. They also have the added benefit of being EXTREMELY amusing to my boy. Seriously, last time I did them in front of him I thought he was going to fall out of his chair from laughing so hard. My mom thinks he is a reincarnated Bhuddist monk because of how much he laughs. There are worse things.
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Ha ha Sean was just telling me about how this happens to him in the park too, except mostly old men. Something about a jumprope just makes people more approachable I guess.
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